This morning I’ve got a fun giveaway for you all. Remember my review of the LifeStraw water filter? Super lightweight water filter–great for your emergency kit. Well, Eartheasy.com is sponsoring a giveaway of one of their LifeStraw water filters to one of my readers. I know usually I have you all fill out the form […]
National Geographic Doomsday Preppers Sneak Preview
National Geographic has a new show coming out February 7th called Doomsday Preppers. This is a series that shows actual people who are preparing for various end-of-the-world type situations and what they are doing to prepare. Each prepper is given an assessment by a professional preparedness group as to the things they are doing well […]
Odds N Ends
Honeyville is Having a Sale Honeyville Food Products is having an unprecedented 20% off sale through next Tuesday 1/17/12. Use coupon code “2012” at checkout to get the discount. In all my history purchasing from Honeyville, I’ve only seen them discount up to 15%, so this is a great time to stock up on food. […]
Top Posts From 2011!
Welcome to the end of the year! It’s been a great year here at Food Storage and Survival. From the move to our new domain to adding baby brother to the mix to my first video review and the preparedness stocking swap it’s been an eventful year from start to finish! A great big thank […]
Christmas
Just a heads up that posting will be a bit sparse the next week or so. I’m declaring blog holiday and enjoying some time off with the kids. Looking forward to some homemade marshmallows and some sweet Christmas spirit. So here’s wishing you all a wonderful Christmas! Enjoy some time with your family and friends […]
Thanksgiving and Black Friday
I was going to write a real post for today, but then thought that hey, you’re probably all enjoying some family time and baking pies (and that’s what I need to do as well), so just a short post today to remind you all that tomorrow is Thanksgiving. No, really, it’s tomorrow. So go enjoy […]
Happy Veterans Day
To all who have served in our armed forces, or still do, a big Thank You to you and your families for your service and sacrifice. Attend some kind of service in your community to honor veterans today, even if it’s just a visit to the cemetery. Take the kids or grand kids and help […]
Blog Anniversary, Happy Birthday Marines, and More
Happy Bloggiversary! Today is my 3rd Blog Anniversary and the first on at the new blog location. Who (besides my mother) knew I had this much to say? Thank you, sweet readers, for sticking with me and hopefully we’re learning and getting better prepared together. Just for fun, here are a few of my favorite […]
Blog Business–Comment and Link Policy
I moderate comments on this blog for a couple of reasons, but one of the most important is so that I can weed out spam comments. I understand SEO enough to know that a link from my site is a pretty good deal and could do something to boost ranking on another site. To leave […]
Garden Freeze and Other News
Well, we made it back alive from our nice long warm trip down south to my sweet sister’s wedding and here’s the report: Leaving for 10 days when you own a bunch of animals is kind of tricky. We split them up–the dog went to one friend’s house because she gets too lonely if she’s […]





